MORE BLOG POSTS — Insulin

Because “eat less and exercise more” is never going to cut it.   If losing weight after 40 were as simple as eating less and moving more, no one would need to write books about it, right? And most of us wouldn’t need to resort to fad diets and weight loss medications. But the truth is that no matter how clean your menu or how much cardio you clock in every week, your scale won’t blink an eye if other hidden factors are messing with your metabolism. After years of working with women who were eating well, exercising, counting calories,...

If your fasting blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c are normal, you may assume your glucose metabolism is working just fine. But that’s not always the case. In fact, the metabolic changes that eventually lead to prediabetes can begin years—sometimes a decade or longer—before your blood sugar officially crosses into the prediabetic range. If you’re gaining weight around your middle, craving carbohydrates, crashing in the afternoon, feeling hungry two hours after eating, or wondering why the same strategies that helped you lose weight ten years ago now barely make the scale blink, your body may be telling you it’s time to...